Flooding and trees down in Pendleton

A morning storm caused severe flooding and toppled trees in the town of Pendleton on Saturday, July 13, 2013.

Drew Dahill paddles his kayak through a flooded playground behind University Baptist Church in Pendleton on Saturday. An early morning storm flooded several areas around the town including Nettles Park.

Susan Wilson holds an angel statue near a pickup truck loaded with her belongings as friends help her move out of her house at 509 E. Main St. in Pendleton on Saturday. The house was severely damaged when a tree fell on it during a morning storm.$RETURN$$RETURN$

Jenni Hill helps gather Susan and Joe Wilson’s belongings from a room in their home at 509 E. Main St. in Pendleton on Saturday. Susan Wilson was asleep in the room when a tree crashed into the house destroying it.

Russell Aikens, with the South Carolina Department of Transportation, checks for flood damage on the North Mechanic Street bridge spanning Eighteen Mile Creek on Saturday. Heavy rains flooded the creek and surrounding areas.

Nicolas Godinez, left, and Armando Perez look over a flooded section of Eighteen Mile Creek in Pendleton on Saturday.

Ben Dahill wades through a flooded area behind University Baptist Church in Pendleton on Saturday.

James Crawford walks through floodwaters in his store on North Mechanic Street in Pendleton on Saturday. Crawford’s store also lost power when a falling tree tore an electrical line free.

Friends help remove Susan and Joe Wilson's belongings from their home at 509 E. Main Street in Pendleton on Saturday. A tree fell on their house during a morning storm and destroyed several rooms.

A work crew removes a fallen tree from atop a home near North Mechanic Street in Pendleton on Saturday.

Louise Huey shows her grandsons Wyatt, left, and Owen Huey a flooded ball field in Nettles Park on Saturday. A morning storm flooded several areas around the town.

A work crew removes a fallen tree from atop a home near North Mechanic Street in Pendleton on Saturday.

Ben Dahill wades through a flooded area behind University Baptist Church in Pendleton on Saturday.

Ian Brown and Drew Dahill kayak through a flooded playground behind University Baptist Church in Pendleton on Saturday.

Ian Brown and Drew Dahill kayak through a flooded playground behind University Baptist Church in Pendleton on Saturday.

Russell Aikens, with the South Carolina Department of Transportation, checks for flood damage on the North Mechanic Street bridge spanning Eighteen Mile Creek on Saturday. Heavy rains flooded the creek and surrounding areas.

Ian Brown and Drew Dahill kayak through a flooded playground behind University Baptist Church in Pendleton on Saturday.

Russell Aikens, with the South Carolina Department of Transportation, checks for flood damage on the North Mechanic Street bridge spanning Eighteen Mile Creek on Saturday. Heavy rains flooded the creek and surrounding areas.

James Crawford walks through floodwaters in his store on North Mechanic Street in Pendleton on Saturday. Crawford’s store also lost power when a falling tree tore an electrical line free.

Stormwater floods a playground behind University Baptist Church in Pendleton on Saturday.

Stormwater floods a playground behind University Baptist Church in Pendleton on Saturday.

Stormwater floods a playground behind University Baptist Church in Pendleton on Saturday.

Floodwaters damaged the left field fence of a ball field at Nettles Park on Saturday.

Ian Brown and Drew Dahill kayak through a flooded playground behind University Baptist Church in Pendleton on Saturday.

Stormwater floods a playground behind University Baptist Church in Pendleton on Saturday.

An overturned trash can lies in a flooded section of Nettles Park in Pendleton.

Stormwater floods Eighteen Mile Creek in Pendleton.

A tree in Pendleton's Nettles Park was destroyed by a morning storm and subsequent flooding.

An early morning storm and subsequent floodwaters brought down several trees in Pendleton’s Nettles Park.

Ceiling boards hang from the broken roof of Joe and Susan Wilson's house at 509 E. Main Street in Pendleton. A tree fell across the roof of the house causing severe damage.

A tree in Pendleton's Nettles Park was destroyed by a morning storm and subsequent flooding.

Floodwaters covers a section of the parking lot behind University Baptist Church in Pendleton.

Floodwaters recedes from a ball field in Nettles Park in Pendleton on Saturday.

Floodwaters recedes from a ball field in Nettles Park in Pendleton on Saturday.